Welcome English Learner!
Do you want to reach your goals and be successful? Of course! The truth is this: It’s not always
easy to maintain your motivation. The good news is that I will help you get on the right path to
success with this worksheet!
To reach your goals, you need to follow three important steps:
1. Create a long-term goal
2. Create a short-term goal
3. Track your progress
>>What’s a long-term goal? This is what you want to accomplish after one year. 365 days from
today, what do you want to accomplish? Even more importantly, you need to decide WHY you
want to accomplish that goal. This “why” will help you to keep your eyes on the goal!
>>What is a short-term goal? This is what you want to accomplish after one week. 7 days from
today, what do you want to accomplish? This short-term goal will help you make real progress
towards your long-term goal.
Finally, you need to track your progress by testing yourself. Not a school test, but a real-life
test! In my YouTube video “How to Become a Fluent English Speaker,” I mentioned several
ways to test yourself each week. For example, if you want to improve your listening skills to
understand fast English, at the end of each week, test yourself by watching a short YouTube clip
of a TV show that you like. Make sure to check out that YouTube video for more tracking tips.
On the next page of this guide, you will have a chance to write your own goals, including some
specific short-term goals for this week. You can do it! The third page shows a sample worksheet
to give you some ideas. The final page gives some resources that you can use to stay motivated.
Improving your English skills is a wonderful goal, so let’s get started!
Thanks for learning English with me!
Your teacher,
Vanessa
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LONG-Term Goal
>> In one year, I want to ______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________.
>> I want to achieve this goal because ___________________________________.
SHORT-Term Goal
>> By the end of this week (in 7 days), I want to ___________________________
__________________________________________________________________.
>> To achieve this short-term goal, I will specifically do these 7 activities:
*Note: You don’t need 7 different activities. Some can be the same!
Day 1 ________________________________________________________
Day 2 ________________________________________________________
Day 3 ________________________________________________________
Day 4 ________________________________________________________
Day 5 ________________________________________________________
Day 6 ________________________________________________________
Day 7 ________________________________________________________
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SAMPLE WORKSHEET
LONG Term Goal
>> In one year, I want to ___talk about almost every topic comfortably in English
__________________________________________________________________.
>> I want to achieve this goal because __I want to make friends around the world.
SHORT Term Goal
>> By the end of this week (in 7 days), I want to _talk about the household chores
that I do___________________________________________________________.
>> To achieve this short-term goal, I will specifically do these 7 activities:
*Note: You don’t need 7 different activities. Some activities can be the same!
Day 1 ___review cleaning vocabulary with this video ___________________
Day 2 ___talk out loud about what I’m doing while I’m cleaning__________
Day 3 ___answer out loud half of these cleaning questions______________
Day 4 ___answer out loud the other half of the cleaning questions + watch
motivational TED Talk________________________________
Day 5 ___talk out loud about what I’m doing while I’m cleaning__________
Day 6 ___meet with my speaking partner to talk about cleaning__________
Day 7 ___enjoy listening to English music____________________________
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Resource Guide:
Conversation questions for over 200 topics
http://iteslj.org/questions/
YouTube Channels with good subtitles for advanced listeners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv0wvW-XCXg&t=78s
Popular playlists on the Speak English With Vanessa YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/theteachervanessa/playlists
Podcasts for English learners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL7WyLXbRnU&t=200s
A Motivational TED Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y
Polyglot YouTube Channel for motivation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbJgkRhA-d61PTVOE62Al9g
Meetup with other English learners in your city
https://www.meetup.com/
Meetup with other English learners online in The Fearless Fluency Club
http://www.speakenglishwithvanessa.com/fluency/
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